About PODatlas
Picking a print-on-demand supplier shouldn't mean reading eight outdated blog posts to find one you can use. PODatlas is the reference I built so it doesn't have to.
I'm Mike Sparrow. I run PODatlas on my own from the UK. Right now the directory covers 500+ companies in four sections:
- Suppliers — the actual companies that print and ship your products.
- Tools — the apps sellers use to design products, generate mockups, and connect their shop to a supplier.
- Marketplaces — the sites where everyday shoppers buy print-on-demand products (think Redbubble, Etsy).
- Sales channels — the websites where POD sellers list their own products to reach buyers.
Every listing is checked by hand against the company's live website.
Why I built it
I started PODatlas in 2026 after losing too many hours trying to compare print-on-demand suppliers across blog posts that were out of date, paid for, or both. The "best POD companies of [year]" lists kept naming the same eight to ten brands. None of them surfaced the niche printers, overseas options, or specialist apps that actually mattered for the projects I was working on.
So I started building the reference I wanted: every company checked against its live site, every listing with a short note that says what the company does, what it costs, and what to watch out for before you sign up.
How listings get checked
Every company is reviewed by hand against its live website before it goes into the directory. For each one I confirm:
- What it actually sells or does today (not what an old blog post says).
- Which shop platforms it connects to (Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, and so on).
- How and where it ships orders.
- What it charges, or, if prices aren't published, the listing says so.
If reviews are thin, the site is intermittently down, or a company is in the wrong section (a brand that sells its own finished products getting listed as a supplier, say), the note on the listing flags it. The note isn't trying to sell you on anything. It's there so you can decide whether the company is worth your time.
The directory uses 16 product categories — like apparel, home decor, wall art, drinkware and so on — plus extra labels for things like printing method (DTG, sublimation, embroidery) and country. That way you can narrow down to the suppliers that actually fit what you want to sell. No filler subcategories invented to chase search rankings.
How PODatlas makes money
PODatlas is paid for by affiliate commissions. Some of the links to companies on the directory are affiliate links. When someone clicks one and signs up with the supplier, I get a small commission. It costs you nothing extra.
What that does not change:
- Whether a company is listed. Every company that passes the checks above gets in, whether I earn anything from them or not.
- What the listing says. The note for a supplier I'm affiliated with reads the same as the note for one I'm not.
Contact and submissions
- Suggest a supplier — use the Submit link in the navigation on any directory page.
- Report bad data or a stale listing — use the contact form and include the company name plus what's wrong.
- Partner or sponsor — use the contact form. The editorial rules above apply to any sponsorship.
- Newsletter — there's a sign-up at the bottom of every page. It goes out roughly monthly with notable new listings and changes.